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"Gold!"  An alchemist displays to his admiring patrons the precious metal he claims to have made from lead.91

Renaissance Scientists - Part I

Ever questioning minds is something that is gifted at birth to just about every child. Yet, somehow in most cases, we manage to thwart this natural tendency in our children. As a mother and grandmother, this fact is one that I think about a lot.

15 comments    gold renaissance magnets
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Albert Einstein-Interesting Info

Albert Einstein,who was regarded as the greatest physicist of 20th century,invented the Photoelectric effect, Theory of Relativity and the famous E=M*C^2 equation.Here is an Interesting Info about the...

2 comments    technology albert einstein
Galileo before the Court of Inquisition.  He had to avow that he did not believe in the Copernican system.88

Renaissance Scientists And After - Part II

Galileo before the Court of Inquisition. He had to avow that he did not believe in the Copernican system. Galileo Galilei was another man of the Italian Renaissance, gifted with brilliant, many-sided genius....

8 comments    ireland mercury renaissance
An alchemist at work.  Alchemists failed to make gold out of other metls, but they learned many useful facts.79

The King's Golden Crown

An alchemist at work. Alchemists failed to make gold out of other metls, but they learned many useful facts. Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) was a Greek, a native of Syracuse, a city in Sicily. He was a great...

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John Dalton

John Dalton was born in a Quaker (a religious society) family in Eaglefield, Cumberland County. His mother, Deborah, lived by the motto "for God and husband". His father earned his living at the handloom. Such...

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